Board rejects County Road 33 bids, approves reopening procurement

Aug 18, 2026

The commissioners declared the County Road 33 EWP bids either incomplete or too high, approved a motion to fail (no-bid) the current bids, and then voted to reopen the solicitation for new bids.

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The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners found the bids received for the County Road 33 private-property Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) project to be incomplete or significantly over the estimated cost. The board approved a motion to 'no-bid' (reject) the current bids and then approved a separate motion to reopen the procurement to solicit new bids.

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